I would say a sloppy fast move. They needed something to show the public that this "special prosecutor" investigation was yielding something. They knew that those indicted would not be brought back to the U.S. to face prosecution. I think what they didn't bank on is someone showing up to represent some of the indicted.

"If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter." George Washington

What are you talking about? This article is mostly about Trump not wanting documents released because of protection of Clinton's privacy. It hardly mentions Democrats or liberals.

What congress is demanding is documents on an ongoing investigation...which DOJ policy is, and historically, they do not release such things publicly.

You would think Trump and his zombies would WANT Rosenstien to follow that policy, in case either, or both, houses of congress flip and Democrats start demanding Rosenstien/DOJ release documents about Trump, his business, and his family - at ANY point in the next 20yrs.

So, what Trump zombies here are going to argue against net neutrality and support Trump's position of canceling it?

I would rather see something such as an internet bill of rights that is enforced by the FTC rather then the FCC. FTC would be able to hold internet service providers accountable by seizing company assets if they do not comply.

"If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter." George Washington

K.C.Journey Fan wrote:Mueller and Russia just blew up. Also, the DOJ I.G. has just released the final draft of his report on the FBI handling of the Clinton Email Scandle is complete. Then there's this.

Remember the Obama administration's little operation "Fast and Furious"? You know, the one where they lost track of dozens of firearms. You know where the guns ended up in criminal hands. Looks lake that is coming back into the news again.

(Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department has agreed to provide congressional investigators confidential records on a failed gun-trafficking operation during the Obama administration known as "Fast and Furious" that long has been criticized by Republican lawmakers.

In a statement issued on Wednesday, Attorney General Jeff Sessions said the Justice Department would hand over documents to the Republican-led House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform that had been withheld by Democratic former President Barack Obama's administration.

@realDonaldTrump 23m23 minutes agoMoreWow, word seems to be coming out that the Obama FBI “SPIED ON THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN WITH AN IMBEDDED INFORMANT.” Andrew McCarthy says, “There’s probably no doubt that they had at least one confidential informant in the campaign.” If so, this is bigger than Watergate!

This is speculation on testimony that is nearly a year old by GPS co-founder Glenn Simpson. This is what McCarthy said that Trump is referring to:

“Something tells me [Glenn Simpson], the co-founder of Fusion GPS, was dead-on accurate when he testified that Christopher Steele told him the FBI had a ‘human source’ — i.e., a spy — inside the Trump campaign as the 2016 presidential race headed into its stretch run,'”

This is what Glenn Simpson said to congress:

“Essentially, what [Steele] told me was [the FBI] had other intelligence about this matter from an internal Trump campaign source, and…my understanding was that they believed Chris at this point — that they believed Chris’s information might be credible because they had other intelligence that indicated the same thing, and one of those pieces of intelligence was a human source from inside the Trump campaign.”

So, what McCarthy did was take the above, "internal Trump campaign source" and turn into an imbedded spy. That is speculation. Frankly, to me it means that someone in the campaign was "whistle blowing" about Trump...not an implanted FBI agent, which seems ridiculous to me. It could also be referring to George Papadopolous and his drunk talk to Aussies.

Also, this is also why Rosenstien does not want to release unredacted notes to congressional committees, or notes that reveal that sources name. He is in the right, and shouldn't do it...all it would do is add to the political BS.

Monker wrote:This is speculation on testimony that is nearly a year old by GPS co-founder Glenn Simpson. This is what McCarthy said that Trump is referring to:

“Something tells me [Glenn Simpson], the co-founder of Fusion GPS, was dead-on accurate when he testified that Christopher Steele told him the FBI had a ‘human source’ — i.e., a spy — inside the Trump campaign as the 2016 presidential race headed into its stretch run,'”

This is what Glenn Simpson said to congress:

“Essentially, what [Steele] told me was [the FBI] had other intelligence about this matter from an internal Trump campaign source, and…my understanding was that they believed Chris at this point — that they believed Chris’s information might be credible because they had other intelligence that indicated the same thing, and one of those pieces of intelligence was a human source from inside the Trump campaign.”

So, what McCarthy did was take the above, "internal Trump campaign source" and turn into an imbedded spy. That is speculation. Frankly, to me it means that someone in the campaign was "whistle blowing" about Trump...not an implanted FBI agent, which seems ridiculous to me. It could also be referring to George Papadopolous and his drunk talk to Aussies.

Also, this is also why Rosenstien does not want to release unredacted notes to congressional committees, or notes that reveal that sources name. He is in the right, and shouldn't do it...all it would do is add to the political BS.

A May 16th NYTimes article explicitly mentions a "government informant" was meeting with campaign officials. McCarthy wrote about it this week and Trump is tweeting about it. This is not year-old speculation at all. As usual, you are simply uninformed.

BREAKING: IG Horowitz has found “reasonable grounds” for believing there has been a violation of federal criminal law in the FBI/DOJ’s handling of the Clinton investigation/s and has referred his findings of potential criminal misconduct to Huber for possible criminal prosecution

Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.

BREAKING: IG Horowitz has found “reasonable grounds” for believing there has been a violation of federal criminal law in the FBI/DOJ’s handling of the Clinton investigation/s and has referred his findings of potential criminal misconduct to Huber for possible criminal prosecution

I hope I'm not letting my hopes get too high that something is finally going to be done about this.

Nobody is denying that somebody in the Trump organization is giving the FBI information. But, to expand on that and say it is an "embedded" informant, is speculation and wrong. There is absolutely no evidence that the person was planted there by the FBI, and saying "Obama signed off" on it is beyond speculation to the point of writing fiction.

I posted the history of this, right down to the testimony that you zombies speculated on and have been basing your crazy theories on every since. If there is more evidence - post it. Posting opinion pieces based on what happened on a talk show like "FOX and Friends" is posting more speculation - not "facts". The loopy host posted a quote from the NYT article and then added to it that it was an embedded informant - which the NYT did NOT state. The theory that the NYT 'buried' this in the middle of the article is also pure speculation. IMO, they put it where it deserved because it is NOTHING NEW - all of this is old news that the crazy conservative media wants to bring to the forefront.

Nobody is denying that somebody in the Trump organization is giving the FBI information. But, to expand on that and say it is an "embedded" informant, is speculation and wrong. There is absolutely no evidence that the person was planted there by the FBI, and saying "Obama signed off" on it is beyond speculation to the point of writing fiction.

I posted the history of this, right down to the testimony that you zombies speculated on and have been basing your crazy theories on every since. If there is more evidence - post it. Posting opinion pieces based on what happened on a talk show like "FOX and Friends" is posting more speculation - not "facts". The loopy host posted a quote from the NYT article and then added to it that it was an embedded informant - which the NYT did NOT state. The theory that the NYT 'buried' this in the middle of the article is also pure speculation. IMO, they put it where it deserved because it is NOTHING NEW - all of this is old news that the crazy conservative media wants to bring to the forefront.

Inside informant vs spy - inside the campaign vs embedded - sounds to me a lot like the difference between gross negligence and extreme carelessness - there is none.

Nobody is denying that somebody in the Trump organization is giving the FBI information. But, to expand on that and say it is an "embedded" informant, is speculation and wrong. There is absolutely no evidence that the person was planted there by the FBI, and saying "Obama signed off" on it is beyond speculation to the point of writing fiction.

I posted the history of this, right down to the testimony that you zombies speculated on and have been basing your crazy theories on every since. If there is more evidence - post it. Posting opinion pieces based on what happened on a talk show like "FOX and Friends" is posting more speculation - not "facts". The loopy host posted a quote from the NYT article and then added to it that it was an embedded informant - which the NYT did NOT state. The theory that the NYT 'buried' this in the middle of the article is also pure speculation. IMO, they put it where it deserved because it is NOTHING NEW - all of this is old news that the crazy conservative media wants to bring to the forefront.

The New York Times article this week specifically mentions a government informant in communication with Trump campaign officials. Previously, you were on here mocking the very idea that Trump was being surveilled or wiretapped. You don't know anything.

"I think we should all sue this women for depriving us of our God given right to go down with a clear mind, and good thoughts." - Stu, Consumate Pussy Eater

BREAKING: IG Horowitz has found “reasonable grounds” for believing there has been a violation of federal criminal law in the FBI/DOJ’s handling of the Clinton investigation/s and has referred his findings of potential criminal misconduct to Huber for possible criminal prosecution

I hope I'm not letting my hopes get too high that something is finally going to be done about this.

All I can say is check out Huber's record for not prosecuting.

"If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter." George Washington

The government informant in contact with the Trump campaign reached out unsolicited to Papadapoulous. The informant (now outed to be Stefan Halper) oversaw a CIA spying campaign in 1980. Earlier this month, The Washington Post previously referred to the (then-unknown) source as US citizen who had worked with the CIA and the FBI. NBC is reporting that the informant was also a paid consultant to an internal Pentagon think tank known as the Office of Net Assessment. Comey's BFF, Benjamin Whittes, is losing his shit on Twitter over the outing, hysterically claiming that Halper was an "intelligence source who aided our country in a properly predicated counterintelligence investigation..."

The government informant in contact with the Trump campaign reached out unsolicited to Papadapoulous. The informant (now outed to be Stefan Halper) oversaw a CIA spying campaign in 1980. Earlier this month, The Washington Post previously referred to the (then-unknown) source as US citizen who had worked with the CIA and the FBI. NBC is reporting that the informant was also a paid consultant to an internal Pentagon think tank known as the Office of Net Assessment. Comey's BFF, Benjamin Whittes, is losing his shit on Twitter over the outing, hysterically claiming that Halper was an "intelligence source who aided our country in a properly predicated counterintelligence investigation..."